The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-02-03
HARBOR IMPROVEMENT WORKS.

HARBOR IMPROVEME NI WORKS.
We would suggest to the Minister o
Interior the ACCESSIBILITY of resuming
work of dredging the harbOr. 1t is
full six months since the dredgel
g stopped for want of funds, and owing
the heavy freshets occurring in the
,erval there must be large deposit o.
I'D in the ordinary anchorage space.
there be one thing of more importance
an another it is the conservation OF
onoluiu harbor. It's destruction would
. = a paratively easy matter; its pre-
ervation need not cost great deal; but
nee silted up and rendered unsuitable
r vessels of deep draft there is an end
, the prosperity of the city. Other out
is would be found for the products OF
Igar plantations, and Honolulu would
aIen cease to be the distributing and
.)llecting center for the Islands.
The Appropriation Act provides $40,-
% for dredging Honolulu harbor; but
nothing whatever was done in the way
dredging for the past six months, it il
lrdly probable that this amount would
needed. The dredger was kept at work.
) to June 30th, 1886, and if it resumed
Derations now, and were kept steadily
ut work for tile remainder OF the period, j
Iere would only be probable outlay OF
y So 900 to SIG, 900. The expenditure
If this money rs indicated would go u.
cry long way towards removing the ac-E
Imulated sediment from the harbor:
ed, the existence of which is now very;
. riOus impediment to navigation. Butt
would not be unproductive The mudE
edged from the harbor is utilized for,
ID aking land at the Esplanade, whichS
ill be of far greater ultimate value to-
le Government than the money spent4
pom it. This is the view the Minister
the Interior should take of the matter
5her demands may be pressed UNDER
ne Appropriation Act, but none of theseE
. assesses a 1.-THE of the claim for recog-s
ton that this one does. A large andY
owing part of national revenue is COLI
ouse. For this reason, if for noneE
o. her, the harbor itself which feeds theE
Istom House should not be neglected (
} do so would be to cut off one of theE
ain sources OF supply and bring about5
collapse of the revenue.
Another matter to which the attentions
the Minister of the Interior is called.
the appropriation of $40, 900 for ''newss
haryes and repairs" at Honolulu !
here is another appropriation of $780,
for wharyes, contingent" ands
p lother appropriation of So 900, REPAIRS
landings outside Honolulu harbor,
ntingent fund - but to neither of theses
ip we refer The item of $40, 900 was to:
expended at Honolulu, and one of theI
larves to be built was indicated dur
the debate in Committee on the APP
a.opriation Bill This was to be new
+. larf near the old Pacific Mail wharf
Or the accommodation of coastingE
boomers. The necessity for wharf at !
is point for the purpose named wasS
cognized, and the Legislature under-ss
,od that it was to be undertaken With
q It delay.
But we may be told in reply that the /
provements in question are provided
20 in the Loan Act, and that the ex-
nditure is therefore conditional uponk
,eiving the money when borrowed. E
r is is undoubtedly true, but as the loanE
been already f1Oated there should be {
10 delay in setting to work. Item ), 3
etion 4, of the Amending Loan Act
,rovides for an outlay of 800, 900 fors
Improvement of the harbor of Honolu-
and new wharves." This contem-k
ties deepening the bar as we'll as build-E
new wlIarves, and the Appropriation
t supplements it by a contingent APP
-1priation of SO, 700 for wharYes. There
S therefore 500, 900 from the lo;. and 9
lD,700 from revenue for deepening the &
: and erecting new wharves at Homo 8
"a, plus $40, 900 from revenue tors !
edging the harb r. As the loan was
.cessfully foated long ago, and as theE
K of the years revenue has already $
.ched the Treasury, we cannot under S
nd why there should be any fnrtherS,
ay in setting to work with these con- s
nplated and necessary improvements